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Article: HAART Reduces Incidence of HPV Infection in HIV Infected Women.(Brief Article)
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- Virus Weekly
- Article date:
- October 31, 2000
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2000 OCT 31 - (NewsRx.com) --
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) given to HIV infected women reduces the incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and resultant cytological abnormalities, researchers in the United States have found.
"Infection and disease caused by oncogenic HPV are more common among HIV infected women and are associated with severity of immunosuppression and magnitude of HIV-1 RNA plasma levels," stated A.E. Luque and colleagues from the University of Rochester, New York. "To determine the effects of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy on HPV Infection and disease among HIV infected women, we prospectively evaluated 178 ...